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Umfang: Online-Ressource (440 p)

ISBN: 9780812221398

Serie: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights

Inhalt: Reza Afshari reveals Iran's attempt to hide human rights abuses by labeling oppression as an authentic cultural practice.

Inhalt: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- A Note on Transliteration -- Preface -- Human Rights Discourse -- Main Sources Used in This Book -- UN Reports -- Prison Memoirs and Their Significance -- The Structure of the Book -- Chapter 1. Islamic Cultural Relativism in Human Rights Discourse -- Political Culture: Assuming the Failure of Secularization -- The Islamic Republic Claims Cultural Exceptionalism -- The Mirage of Cultural Authenticity -- The Irrelevance of Cultural Relativism -- Chapter 2. The Shiite Theocracy -- Institutionalizing the Shiite Theocracy: Velayat-e Faqih -- Ruling the Contemporary State: The Limits of Islamic Law -- Islamization of Society -- Political Context of Human Rights Violations During the 1980s -- Political Context of Human Rights Violations During the 1990s -- The Two Faces of the Religious State Under President Rafsanjani -- Muhammad Khatami's Presidency Since 1997 -- Chapter 3. The Right to Life -- Through the Prism of Prison Memoirs -- Monitoring Violations: The International Community During the 1980s -- Monitoring Violations: The International Community During the 1990s -- Executions for Drug Trafficking and Moral Crimes -- Extrajudicial Murders Outside Iran -- Chapter 4. The Right to Freedom from Torture -- Through the Prism of Prison Memoirs -- Monitoring Violations: The International Community During the 1980s -- Monitoring Violations: The International Community During the 1990s -- Chapter 5. The Right to Liberty and Security of Person and to Freedom from Arbitrary Arrest -- Through the Prism of Prison Memoirs -- Monitoring Violations: The International Community During the 1980s -- Monitoring Violations: The International Community During the 1990s -- Insecurity in Public Spaces and Private Homes -- Chapter 6. The Right to a Fair Trial -- Through the Prism of Prison Memoirs.

Anmerkung: Description based upon print version of record , ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""A Note on Transliteration""; ""Preface""; ""Human Rights Discourse""; ""Main Sources Used in This Book""; ""UN Reports""; ""Prison Memoirs and Their Significance""; ""The Structure of the Book""; ""Chapter 1. Islamic Cultural Relativism in Human Rights Discourse""; ""Political Culture: Assuming the Failure of Secularization""; ""The Islamic Republic Claims Cultural Exceptionalism""; ""The Mirage of Cultural Authenticity""; ""The Irrelevance of Cultural Relativism""; ""Chapter 2. The Shiite Theocracy"" , ""Institutionalizing the Shiite Theocracy: Velayat-e Faqih""""Ruling the Contemporary State: The Limits of Islamic Law""; ""Islamization of Society""; ""Political Context of Human Rights Violations During the 1980s""; ""Political Context of Human Rights Violations During the 1990s""; ""The Two Faces of the Religious State Under President Rafsanjani""; ""Muhammad Khatami's Presidency Since 1997""; ""Chapter 3. The Right to Life""; ""Through the Prism of Prison Memoirs""; ""Monitoring Violations: The International Community During the 1980s"" , ""Monitoring Violations: The International Community During the 1990s""""Executions for Drug Trafficking and Moral Crimes""; ""Extrajudicial Murders Outside Iran""; ""Chapter 4. The Right to Freedom from Torture""; ""Through the Prism of Prison Memoirs""; ""Monitoring Violations: The International Community During the 1980s""; ""Monitoring Violations: The International Community During the 1990s""; ""Chapter 5. The Right to Liberty and Security of Person and to Freedom from Arbitrary Arrest""; ""Through the Prism of Prison Memoirs"" , ""Monitoring Violations: The International Community During the 1980s""""Monitoring Violations: The International Community During the 1990s""; ""Insecurity in Public Spaces and Private Homes""; ""Chapter 6. The Right to a Fair Trial""; ""Through the Prism of Prison Memoirs""; ""Monitoring Violations: The International Community During the 1980s""; ""Monitoring Violations: The International Community During the 1990s""; ""Chapter 7. The Right to Freedom of Conscience, Thought, and Religion""; ""Political Prisons as the Microcosm of the Ideal Islamic Society"" , ""The Tawaban (Repentant Prisoners)""""Imposition of the Black Chador""; ""A Deluge of Religious Incantations and Rituals""; ""Prisoners and Their Islamic Educators""; ""Chapter 8. Renounce Your Conscience or Face Death""; ""The Relative Calm Before the Storm, 1984-88""; ""The Summer Massacre""; ""A Painful Road to Release""; ""Chapter 9. The Right to Freedom of Thought, Conscience, and Religion""; ""Iranians of the Baha'i Faith""; ""Killings of Baha'i Leaders""; ""Making Allegiance to the Baha'i Faith More Difficult than Ever Before""; ""Sunni Muslim Citizens"" , ""Citizens of Officially Recognized Religious Minorities""

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 9780812201055

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 9780812221398

Weitere Ausg.: Print version Human Rights in Iran : The Abuse of Cultural Relativism

Sprache: Englisch

Schlagwort(e): Electronic books

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Umfang: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9780812201055

Serie: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights

Inhalt: Reza Afshari reveals Iran's attempt to hide human rights abuses by labeling oppression as an authentic cultural practice.

Anmerkung: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , A Note on Transliteration -- , Preface -- , Chapter 1. Islamic Cultural Relativism in Human Rights Discourse -- , Chapter 2. The Shiite Theocracy -- , Chapter 3. The Right to Life -- , Chapter 4. The Right to Freedom from Torture -- , Chapter 5. The Right to Liberty and Security of Person and to Freedom from Arbitrary Arrest -- , Chapter 6. The Right to a Fair Trial -- , Chapter 7. The Right to Freedom of Conscience, Thought, and Religion -- , Chapter 8. Renounce Your Conscience or Face Death -- , Chapter 9. The Right to Freedom of Thought, Conscience, and Religion -- , Chapter 10. Official Responses to the United Nations -- , Chapter 11. Change of Tactics After Ayatollah Khomeini’s Death -- , Chapter 12. The Special Representative’s Meetings with the Judiciary and Security Officials -- , Chapter 13. The Right to Freedom of Opinion, Expression, and the Press -- , Chapter 14. The Most Revealing Cases of Violations of the Right to Freedom of Expression and the Press -- , Chapter 15. The Rights to Participate in the Political Life of the Country and to Peaceful Assembly and Association -- , Chapter 16. The Rights of Women -- , Chapter 17. UN Monitoring, 1984–2000 -- , Conclusion -- , Afterword -- , Notes -- , Selected Bibliography -- , Index -- , Acknowledgments , In English.

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.9783/9780812201055

URL: https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812201055